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Old 11-25-2008, 11:32 PM   #31
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ya im not to mechanicly inclined either thats when i know someone is doing some work i love to come and help out just so i can learn something new and know how todo it myself...

the first one got me but the last 2 a pretty funny
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Old 11-25-2008, 11:35 PM   #32
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I knew the basics, my dad taught me how to change my car's oil, change a tire, etc.

Leon taught me how to rip apart a bike and rebuild it. He makes me do my own maint. on my bike. If its something i am not familiar with, he shows me how to do it.
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Old 11-25-2008, 11:56 PM   #33
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keeb showed me about the bike for the most part
but im still learning
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Old 11-26-2008, 12:29 AM   #34
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That can be a factor...also who is telling you to get the "muffler bearings"? When I first joined the Army,I was extra stupid! My Dad died when I was young and I had some hit or miss mechanical aptitude (I could disassemble and reassemble complex systems rather well) but I had almost ZERO actual KNOWLEDGE of mechanics,tools,terminology,etc. The Drill Sargents would send me after ALL KINDS OF SHIT! For some reason,I was their pet. I don't know but they ran me ragged!

"Denard! Go to supply and get me a gross of grid squares.."

"Denard! Go to the motor pool and ask the supply Sargent for a liter of blinker fluid..."

"Denard! Go change the air in all of the jeeps' tires..."


ETC,ETC,ETC....
Yeah, when I got to my first base in the Air Force, I was told to go get 5 yards of flight line cause they needed to tie something down. I told them, "nice try." They didn't fuck with me too much. I'm not saying I'm not gullible, cause I can be in many situations, but that one was WAY too obvious.
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Old 11-26-2008, 12:31 AM   #35
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what about having the new airmen call base weather and ask for a Major Storm?
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Old 11-26-2008, 12:55 AM   #36
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I can totally 100% believe it...

Back in HS I worked at a pizza place... and there was a delivery driver (oddly enough named Marco) who was a tad bit on the queer side. This guy definatly was not mechanically inclined. So one day he came back from a delivery and was saying that his car was smoking bad and smelled funny. So the other drivers checked it out... and then asked him when the last time he changed the oil was? He replyed by saying that he hadn't done it since he bought the car... which I believe had been about 7 months of hard delivery driving. Everybody laughed and said dude change your oil!!! He replied "Oh, you need to do that???" So not knowing a thing about cars... and being too stupid to take it to a shop, he went out and bought some motor oil....... and preceeded to insert the oil....... into the radiator. The car didnt make it very far before the engine overheated, and blew....

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Old 11-26-2008, 12:57 AM   #37
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15 pages... not a bad troll, but I think the sand-in-the-intake guy got more.
i liked the honda kid that claimed to not know what rod/crank bearings were
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Old 11-26-2008, 09:16 AM   #38
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Yeah, when I got to my first base in the Air Force, I was told to go get 5 yards of flight line cause they needed to tie something down. I told them, "nice try." They didn't fuck with me too much. I'm not saying I'm not gullible, cause I can be in many situations, but that one was WAY too obvious.
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what about having the new airmen call base weather and ask for a Major Storm?
When I was in the Navy and I reported for duty on the USS Nimitz, the guys in my shop sent me all over the fucking ship looking for "prop wash". Fuckers!!!
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Old 11-26-2008, 09:54 AM   #39
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"Denard! Go to supply and get me a gross of grid squares.."

"Denard! Go to the motor pool and ask the supply Sargent for a liter of blinker fluid..."

"Denard! Go change the air in all of the jeeps' tires..."


ETC,ETC,ETC....
That always used to be a tradition in auto parts stores and shops, too... Don't forget "hubcap gaskets" for the old-school

Many years ago, when she'd just gotten her license, my wife noticed her car was leaving red spots on the ground, but since she couldn't afford to take it to a shop, she just kept driving... So, one day, naturally, the car wouldn't move. A helpful guy came over and asked her what was wrong, and after a couple of minutes, asked her if she'd checked the transmission fluid lately.

What's transmission fluid?

It's not like they teach you these things in school, and her father was absolutely no help...

However, the big difference was that she wouldn't just go and do service on her car without reading the manual to learn the *proper* way...
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Old 11-26-2008, 02:32 PM   #40
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Some people should not be allowed to operate motor vehicles.
Or live.
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